9,896 new patients… More than 6,000 people from the day before ↑
The highest number of confirmed cases in 19 days since the 9th (12,155 people)
Less than 10,000 people for the 19th day, but the trend declines
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As the decline in the corona epidemic slowed, there were nearly 10,000 new cases yesterday.
Quarantine authorities believe that a resurgence might start this summer due to the introduction of mutations and reduced immunity.
Connect with reporters. Reporter Shin Hyun-jun!
The number of new COVID-19 patients increased significantly compared to the previous day as the effects of holidays disappeared?
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Yes, as of 00:00 today, there are 9,896 new patients.
The number of confirmed cases increased nearly three times from the previous day, which dropped to 3,000 due to holidays, the highest number in 19 days since the 9th.
The number of confirmed cases in the four digits below 10,000 continues for the 19th day, but the trend of the decline in the epidemic has slowed.
Compared to a week ago, there were nearly 600 more, and more than 100 more than two weeks ago.
Looking at the number of confirmed cases by type, there were 9,777 cases in Korea and 119 cases imported from abroad.
Overseas inflows are on the rise, exceeding 100 for three days in a row, and it is analyzed that this is because the number of confirmed cases is increasing once more around the world, and the movement is increasing due to exemptions from quarantine for inbound travelers.
Quarantine authorities believe that a resurgence of the epidemic may start as early as this summer or in autumn at the latest due to an increase in overseas inflows and a decrease in immunity over time following vaccination.
The weekly risk level announced by the quarantine authorities last week remained at the ‘low’ level for 6 consecutive weeks.
Weekly new confirmed cases also decreased by 5.7% to an average of 7,057 per day, the 14th consecutive week of decline since the third week of March.
The infection reproduction index also remained below 1 for 13 consecutive weeks at 0.91, but it is increasing for the fourth week following the first week of June.
An official from the quarantine authorities said that he thinks that the current decline has slowed down and that the situation has reached a certain limit, but it is still too early to say whether it should be regarded as the beginning of a new epidemic.
The number of critically ill patients was 62, compared to 6, and the medical response conditions are stable with double digits on the 17th day.
Five patients died in one day and the cumulative number of deaths was 24,530, maintaining the fatality rate at 0.13%.
So far, this is YTN’s Shin Hyun-jun from Social Studies Division 2.
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